Nick Clegg will attack the Tories for wasting millions of pounds on “vanity
projects” today in a warning to his coalition partners that they will be
targeted in the forthcoming council elections.

The Tories are already bracing themselves for a dire result, facing a
resurgent Labour Party and a record number of candidates from UKIP. However,
the Lib Dem leader will also wade in today, attacking the profligate
spending of Tory councils.

Mr Clegg and Ed Miliband, the Labour leader, will start their party’s
campaigns before a series of council votes across the country on May 2.